Allied Advisers published report focuses primarily on SMB SaaS, which has been growing rapidly with notable outcomes in the sector such as the recent Freshworks $1.03B IPO, Mailchimp’s acquisition ($12B+, one of the largest boot-strapped exits) and growth of private companies like Calendly (last valued at $3B), Notion (last valued at $10B) among other success stories such as Paycom, Shopify etc. SMB is the back-bone of the US economy; 99.9% of all US business are small. With

Congratulations, you have a buyer interested in your business. When you receive the term sheet, you may find that the proceeds are primarily in stock or mix of stock and cash, which leaves you wondering if the offer is “market” and how you should evaluate the term sheet. In Allied Advisers analysis of 7K+ deals done in the last 5 years globally and stock has been a consideration in ~30% of transactions. We expect the use of stock to increase even more for M&A given the growth